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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1927
Page
2
Chicago prices for hogs and cattle show slow demand with mixed moves. Hog receipts reach 26 000 with downs in most weight classes and light pigs extremely slow. cattle receipts 13 000 with dull demand though stockers and feeders scarce and steers pricing in the 11.75 to 14.65 range. Sheep receipts 20 000 with fat lambs opening 25 cents lower and bids thin across grades.
Chicago trading reports show Wheat Sept at 1.41 1.51 open high low. Corn Sept 1.12 Dec 1.16 Mar 1.19. Oats Sept 46 Dec 50 Mar 53 with steady bids and indicated ranges across contracts.
The fragment lists varied figures for different items such as RIBS and RYE with monthly markers and percentages. It references dates and numerical values like 12.52 to 13.22 and 8 percent, indicating price movements or rate changes within a trading or commodity context.
Chicago cash grain prices and bid ranges for wheat corn barley rye timothy and clover with variations by grade including 2 red 3 red 1 hard 2 hard 3 hard and yellow white mixed categories and abnormal percent moves in late August trading.
Thom as W. Haines of Fairfield Iowa filed with the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to operate as a motor carrier of passengers and limited freight between Fairfield Pleasant Plain Brighton and Washington in Washington and Jefferson Counties. The board has set Thursday September 15 1927 at 11 15 a m in Ottumwa Iowa as the time and place for proceedings.
August notes from Independence Iowa describe strong Chautauqua attendance with season tickets, visits from Denver residents, and local farm and fair updates. Reports include Muscatine automobiles, a horse reunion at Sunset Park, and a fatal crash injuring a 16 year old, with drivers from Cedar Rapids.
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